Indian Paramilitary Forces
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| Military Man Power | |
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| Total armed forces | 2,414,700 (Ranked 3rd) |
| Active troops | 1,414,000 (Ranked 3rd) |
| Total troops | 3,773,300 (Ranked 6th) |
| Paramilitary forces | 1,089,700 |
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Indian Paramilitary Forces are those agencies of the Ministry of Defence or the Ministry of Home Affairs which act as armed forces auxiliaries and are considered part of the Indian Armed Forces.
The Indian Paramilitary Forces (PMF) are regarded as the world's second largest (Second only to the Chinese People's Armed Police with 1.5 million personnel) and most formidable paramilitary force. In 2002, the total strength of the paramilitary force stood at 1.3 million personnel. The PMF is made up of twelve organisations. These are as follows:
- Assam Rifles
- Border Security Force
- Central Industrial Security Force
- Central Reserve Police Force
- Rapid Action Force - a semi-independent part of the CRPF
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- Rashtriya Rifles
- Defence Security Corps
- Railway Protection Force
- Indian Home Guard
- Civil Defence
- Special Security Bureau
[edit] See also
- Indian Army
- Indian Air Force
- Indian Navy
- Indian Coast Guard
- National Security Guard
- Special Frontier Force
- Special Protection Group
- National Cadet Corps (India)
